Think for yourself and let others enjoy
the privilege of doing so too.
Voltaire
Sometimes our light goes out
but is blown into flame by another human being.
Each of us owes deepest thanks to those
who have rekindled this light.
Albert Schweitzer
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else,
you will have succeeded.
Maya Angelou
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation -- speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be. - François Fénelon
Prayer moves the arm that moves the world. - Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-92)
Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.
-Unknown
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth...
-C.S. Lewis
It is vital that people "count their blessings" to appreciate what they possess
without having to undergo its actual loss.
-Abraham Maslow
What will be the development of an unregenerate character in hell I cannot tell, but I am certain it will be something which my imagination dares not attempt to depict, for all the restraints of this life which have kept men decent and moralÂ… - Charles H. Spurgeon
I see faith's necessity in a fair day is never known aright; but now I miss nothing so much as faith. Hunger in me runneth to fair and sweet promises; but when I come, I am like a hungry man that wanteth teeth, or a weak stomach having a sharpÂ… - Samuel Rutherford
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Voltaire
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder
No sooner is thy soul abandoned of thy body and turned out of its earthly house, but it shall return to God to receive its doom. Neither shall thy body long rest in the grave where it is earthed, but be called forth to share with the soul inÂ… - William Gurnall (1616-79)
Every created entity has a spark of G-dliness within it, a pinpoint of divinity that constitutes its soul. When we utilize something to serve the Creator, we penetrate its shell of mundanity, revealing and realizing its divine essence. Thus we elevate these "sparks", reuniting them with their Source.
– The "Ari", Rabbi Isaac Luria
A person's nature can be recognized through three things: his cup, his purse, and his anger.
-Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 65b
To God, our journey is as important as our destinations.
-Beth Moore
Are you humbly grateful? Or grumbly hateful?
-Pastor Roland Smith
A small act done modestly is a thousand-fold more acceptable to God than a big act done in pride.
-Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Joseph Addison.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?
-Unknown
The pleasures of this world are the great engine by which Satan batters down men's souls. His policy is to tickle them to death, to damn them with delights. - Thomas Watson
Evil talk (lashon hara) is so grievous a sin because it kills three people: the one who speaks evil, the one who listens to evil talk, and the one being slandered. —R. Abraham Twerski, Living Each Day
O man, what is good, and what does Adonai require of you: Only to do justice,to love kindness [chesed], and to walk humbly with your God. —Micah 6:8
Grant me understanding so that I may cherish Your Torah, and keep it with my whole heart. —Psalm 119:34
When you come to the edge of all the light you know,
and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,
faith is knowing one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid to stand on,
or you will be taught how to fly.
Barbara J. Winter